Bed-pan.



A. T-. WEBSTER.

BED PAN.

APPLICATION Hummm-116.1915.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

' ED STATES FIQ.

1ARTHUR. T. WEBSTER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

BED-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

To all fwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. WEBSTER, citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Pans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in bed pans.

It has for one of its objects the provision of a simple form of bed'pan that can be kept thoroughly sanitary in that the few parts of which it is composed can be readily separated when cleansing is necessary, in addition to which the parts have no corners that cannot be easily reached and cleansed.

Another object is to furnish a bed pan having a part that can be raised into position for deflecting the discharge downward into the pan, said part being adapted to fold down upon the pan so that the device as a whole will occupy the least amount lof space and can be stored in a small space.

Beside the above objects the invention is directed to novel features of construction and arrangement of partsy to be described herein aided by the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l shows the pan in perspective in its collapsed position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.

Fig. 2a is a similar view of a portion of the pan and a delector thereon shown in two different positions, one of said positions being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the pan in elevation.

Fig. 4 shows a portion of the pan in perspective illustrating certain structural features; and,

Fig. 5 shows the under side of a portion of a removable top of the pan and a pivoted defiector and certain vstructures in connection therewith.

1 represents a shallow receptacle of the required capacity, the main portion of which is of a rectangular form of outline as viewed in plan, one end of the said receptacle terminating in a narrow portion or neck 2 as indicated in Figs. 1 .and 4.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 the receptacle is preferably beveled downward and inward at lts broadest end 1 and, in addition, said receptacle is gradually decreased in the height of its sides from its end having the neck2 toward its other end so that as it lies upon a level surface, for instance, the end having the said neck 2 will lie higher than the other.

3 indicates a top or cover portion to lie upon the open side or top of the receptacle, the same being removable therefrom. It is provided with the oval form of opening 4 usual in such devices, one end terminating in a narrow portion 5 to correspond with and overlie the neck 2 of said receptacle.

This portion 5 terminates in a recess 6 provided with a shelving bottom 7 to overhang the bottom of said receptacle 1 within the neck 2 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The bottom is designed to prevent the upward splashing or loss outside of the pan of the discharge directed downward beneath it by the delector. The said top is rounded and otherwise formed so as to tit the body of the patient in the most comfortable manner andat its narrow portion it is provided with a hook 8 whose end is bent inward to. ward the rearmost wall of the recess 6 as clearly shown and engages in a hole 9 in the rear wall of the neck 2, Fig. 2.

Beneath its opposite end the top 3 is provided with a spring catch 10 to vengage be neath a keeper 11 extending from the wall of the pan. By means of the said hook and the catch the top may be thus secured to the receptacle but readily removed therefrom on occasion.

12 denotes, as a whole, a detachable deector pivotally mounted on the top or cover 3 so as to be raised and lowered to the extreme positions indicated in Figs. 2 and l respectively. Its form is clearly shown in the several figures and it is adapted to nest in the recess 6 of the cover when closed down as in said Fig. 1. What may be termed its bottom when closed, or its rear wall when raised, is indicated by 13 which in the latter position faces the opening 4 of the cover and is designed to receive discharges against it froml patients of either sex. It is noted that the lower portion ofthe said wall 13 in Fig. 2 slants downwardly and rearwardly at 14 toward the bottom of thereceptaclel andthe neck2 thereof.....; -1

Ydeiiector to readily pivot.

This slanted vportion is at fsuch an angle that discharges are directed downward and inward so that there will be no dangerof such discharges being diverted outside ythe cover or receptacle to soil the bed linen or the garment of the patient. Moreover, the delector is furnished with an outwardly flaring marginal wall so that said deflector can be carried well up against the person and result in retaining the discharge y within it. The said marginal walls at `oppo- 19 is' a spring attached at .one end to the rear side of -the deiiector while its freeend when the latter is raised v/ill'just pass over the edge of the bottom 7 of the cover, where it engages behind a ystop or lug 20' on the topsurface of said bottom near said edge.v

'This structure serves to prevent the deiiector moving toward its closed position. The latter is prevented swingingY forward from its proper upright position by being furnished with a projecting lip 21 which enfgages beneath the edge of the said bottom 7 as shown.

In raisin-g the deiiector to position for use' the spring 19 passes the edge of 7 and ene gages behind the stop or lug QOsaid deflector being held rigidly in the uprightposition aided bythe lip 21.

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As seen in Fig. 2, theV deflector is raised' on its trunnions to its upright position. Its. weio'ht while'lying forward of its trunnion's cannot cause it to fall forward into `the pan because the lip 21 engages beneath the-part 7.

T he spring 19 because of its norma-l tendenc'y is held awayA from the deflector and will therefore lie against the lugQO. Thus said spring which is stiff acts as a prop so that the deflectoris held from movingv rear# ward to its reclining position.

Y It is only when the spring' is moved against the dei'iector so as to carryv itsend over the edge ot the part? that the said de? lector can be lowered.

' There is just suiiicient supportbetweentheedge ofv said part 7 and the lug, seeYFig. 4,'

to'perrnit lodginent for the Vendfof the spring, the 'defiector in its eXtreme forward position permitting free swingo the-spring past said' edge; That `is'to say, tlieendr-of` the spring;

in swinging just clearsl Said. er1-ger: kWliiler reclining, .the spring lies `against Ythe deflector because of the weight of the latter thereon, the end ofsaid spring resting upon they lug'.` Fig.'2'a shows the position of the spring 19 when moved against the detlector to permit the latter to be lowered upon the l.panto theposition shown in Fig. l. In thus moving the spring it clears the edge ofthe part '7-vwhereupon3the deiiector is free to lower.

The method of' mounting theV4 'detlc'ctor shown and described is one that is 'convenient vand fills every need, the whole purpose being that the deflector can be 'lowered and placed flat upon the pan when'not in usc so thatrthe device can be 'stored in the least amount 'of space, but raised and secured in position, when needed, my structurebeing distinguished by the fact that the detlector can be raised 0n its hinge to position foruse and secured in that position from movement in either direction and until released.

The gradually decreasing height of the pan toward the rear or large end makes for convenience in that it can be Vmore easilyV slipped beneath the-patient and also that it.

provides greater .v ycomfort vin the reclining positionror' the patient.

The pan in being beveled or undercut atl A its rear end besides being reduced in height toward that end permits it toreadily sink into the mattress and provide the greatest comfort possible.

-As can be seen, the parts 'of my device can be readily separated for a thorough cleansn ing and ailing which is greatly to be desired'.vv v v c Having thus described the invention, I claim Y c l. In combination with the bodyot a bed pan, of a detlector for the same pivotally mounted at one end thereon and adapt-ed.

foradjustment to' two leXtreme positions, one of Vsuch positions being an elevated one, and 'means at .the rear side of said deti'ector to engage the pan for positively securing the same in said elevated position.

2. In a devicev for the'purposes described,

the combination of a pan or receptacle having a top portion, a raisable detlector. por

tion pivotally mounted upon fthe said top portion and adapted to be adjusted to two' extreme positions, and means onone of the portions to automatically engage the other portion when the said raisable deiiectorl portion is lifted holding said detleetor lportion in its raised position.

3. In a device Afor thepurposes destiibecL-f` the combination of a pan o r receptacle hav ing a top portion,v a Ideflectorl pivotally mounted upon the saidtopand adapt-ed to.4 be vadiisted to two extreme positions, one of said positions being anelevatedj'onas'aid deiiectorwhen in its elevated position beiiigf substantially perpendicular-to the plane 1 of the pan or receptacle, and means at the rear side of the dcflector to hold said deiiector in the elevated position when raised.

4. In a device for the purposes described, the combination of a pan or receptacle having a top portion, a deflector pivotally mounted upon the said top and adapted to be adjusted to two extreme positions, one of said positions being an elevated one, said detlector when in its elevated position being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the pan or receptacle, and means to automatically take a position and hold said deliector in the elevated position when raised.

5. In a device for the purposes described, the combination of a pan or receptacle, a delector mounted in a pivotal manner with respect to the same near the end, and adapted in one of its positions to lie upon the pan and adapted in another position to stand substantially upright, a portion of its bottom in said upright position slanting downward and rearward toward the end of the pan in which it is pivoted, and means to support the deiiector in its perpendicular position.

G. In a device for the purposes described, the combination of a pan or receptacle including a top or cover, a delector pivoted on the latter near one end and adapted to move on its pivot from a reclining position on said top to an upright position, said deiiector including a wall at its rear when in its elevated position and having a portion of its wall inclined downward toward that end of the pan in which it is pivoted, and means to hold the latter inl its upright position.

7. In a device for the purposes described7 the combination of a pan or receptacle including a top or cover, a detlector pivoted Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents on the latter near one end and adapted to its elevated position and having a portionv of its wail inclined downward toward that end oit the pan in which it is pivoted, said wall having a flaring marginal flange extending toward that end ot' the pan opposite that in which the de'tlector is pivoted, and means to hold the deiiector in its upright position.

8. The combination with .the body of a bed pan, having a. pair of oppositely disposed open-end recesses in its top portion near one end, a deflector having a trunnion extending from each of two opposite sides thereof adapted to be removably seated in said recesses, said deiiector adapted to be moved on said trunnions in a pivotal manner to two extreme positions, one ot said positions being an elevated one, and means to secure said delector positively in its elevated position.

9. In a device for the purposes described, the combination of a pan or receptacle including a top or cover overlying the said pan or receptacle and having an opening gradually contracted at one end of the said top or cover to form a narrow recess, and a deiiector provided with trunnions, there being a recess in the cover at each side of the iirst described recess to receive the trunnions, the deiector adapted to have an upright position in said lid or cover.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR T. WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

. WV. I. SLnMMoNs, L. M. THURLow.

cach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

